USA Oil, Gas Hiring Remains Disciplined
U.S. oil and gas hiring remains disciplined, with firms prioritizing margin protection over headcount expansion, according to Birmingham Group CEO Brian Binke. Companies focus on optimization, maintenance and targeted buildouts, adding talent only where it directly improves efficiency or reduces risk. The Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) reports a net loss of 8,368 direct jobs in 2025, though total industry payroll rose to $173 billion. Texas alone accounts for 23% of all U.S. oil and gas employment, underscoring its pivotal role in the sector.
Gumloop Lands $50M From Benchmark to Turn Every Employee Into an AI Agent Builder
Gumloop announced a $50 million Series B round led by Benchmark to scale its no‑code AI agent builder for enterprises. The platform enables non‑technical employees at firms such as Shopify, Ramp and Instacart to create autonomous agents that automate multistep workflows without...
Gundlach Unlocked: Positioning for Inflation and a Weaker Dollar
In the inaugural Gundlach Unlocked webcast, DoubleLine CEO Jeffrey Gundlach warned that inflation is likely to stay above the Fed’s 2 % target, long‑term rates remain elevated despite recent cuts, and the U.S. dollar may enter a weaker phase. He outlined...
Edison: Moving Ad Spend From TV to Podcast Improves Reach
Edison Research reports that moving just 5 percent of a TV‑heavy media budget into podcasts can dramatically boost audience reach. In a case study, a pharmaceutical brand shifted a small portion of its broadcast‑and‑cable spend to podcast ads, raising reach among...
Loan Note: How to Accommodate the Retail Rush; Increased Capital Flows Put Underwriting in Spotlight
The latest loan note highlights a surge in retail investor redemptions, putting pressure on capital providers to manage liquidity. Growing capital inflows are raising concerns about underwriting standards across private‑debt markets. British International Investment announced backing for an emerging‑market impact...
How New Law Enforcement Pay Rates Affect Federal Retirees
The federal government introduced a 3.8% special pay increase for law‑enforcement personnel, while most other GS employees receive only a 1% raise. Retirees who left on December 31 may see their annual‑leave lump‑sum paid at the prior year’s salary, with a...
Biotech Startups Use Funding Extensions to Sidestep Full Capital Rounds
Biotech startups are increasingly opting to extend existing financing rounds instead of launching fresh fundraising campaigns. By adding capital to current rounds, companies can secure needed cash while avoiding the dilution and valuation pressure of a full round. This approach...
From Volatility To Chaos: Navigating Wartime Impacts For Tech Leaders
The ongoing Middle East conflict is driving a sharp rise in fuel prices, forcing companies like Southwest Airlines and UBS to brace for higher operating costs. Traditional IT operating models, built for gradual stress, are buckling under the rapid, continuous...
Build-A-Bear CEO to Exit
Build‑A‑Bear Workshop announced a planned CEO transition, with Chief Operations and Experience Officer Chris Hurt succeeding Sharon Price John on June 11. The change follows a multiyear succession plan and positions Hurt, a decade‑long retail veteran, on the board. Fiscal 2025 revenues reached...
Why Investors Won’t Know What to Make of AI for a While
Investors are struggling to price artificial‑intelligence companies because revenue models are still evolving and traditional valuation metrics lag behind rapid adoption. The article argues that AI’s impact is broader than past tech waves, but the market lacks reliable data on...
Precision BioSciences (DTIL) Swings to $1.05 EPS in Q4, Reversing $2.22 Year-Ago Loss
Precision BioSciences reported GAAP diluted EPS of $1.05 for Q4 2025, a sharp turnaround from a $2.22 loss a year earlier. Net income rose to $20.1 million while revenue held steady at $34.2 million. The profit swing marks a potential inflection...
The Surprising Reason Successful Founders Feel Overwhelmed
The article uncovers that successful founders feel overwhelmed primarily because they hoard strategic decision‑making, creating a hidden cognitive load that eclipses operational tasks. Survey data shows 68% of founders admit to daily mental fatigue, despite strong revenue growth. The piece...
Scaling Social Enterprise: The Commercial Capability Gap That’s Holding the Sector Back
Ireland hosts over 4,000 social enterprises employing 25,000 people, part of a EU sector representing 6% of jobs. Despite policy pushes to diversify revenue, most organisations remain grant‑dependent and lack the commercial architecture needed for scaling. Persistent gaps in strategy,...
Employment Tribunal Dismisses Ex-Google Employee’s "Boys’ Club” Claims
On 18 February 2026 an employment tribunal dismissed a former Google engineer’s claim that the company operated a “boys’ club” that disadvantaged women. The ex‑employee alleged gender bias, unequal pay and blocked promotions, but the tribunal concluded the evidence did...
CRISIL Rates WeWork India A+/Stable, Projects 15-20% Revenue Growth
CRISIL assigned WeWork India Management Ltd an A+/Stable long‑term rating and an A1 short‑term rating covering ₹800 crore of bank facilities. The rating agency projects operating income to rise 15‑20% over the medium term as the coworking provider adds 20,000‑30,000 desks...
New Freightos CEO Pablo Pinillos Targets Q4 Financial Break Even
Freightos announced that its CFO and interim chief executive, Pablo Pinillos, will become permanent CEO and join the board on March 16, succeeding founder Zvi Schreiber. Pinillos, who joined as CFO in March 2025, pledges to steer the digital freight...
CareCloud (CCLD) Reports EPS of $0.04 for Q4 FY25; Revenue Rises 22%
CareCloud, Inc. posted GAAP earnings of $0.04 per share for Q4 FY25, marking a modest profit after flat performance a year earlier. Revenue surged to $34.4 million, a 21.8% year‑over‑year increase and the strongest quarterly top‑line in recent history. The company...
Shorooq Invests in AMI Labs as AI Startup Hits $3.5 Billion Valuation
UAE‑based Shorooq joined a $1.03 billion seed round for AMI Labs, the AI startup founded by Turing Award winner Yann LeCun, valuing the company at $3.5 billion pre‑money. The round was co‑led by Cathay Innovation, Greycroft, Hiro Capital, HV Capital and Bezos...
Vue Creator Management: An Agency Treating Affiliate Strategy as a Full-Time Job
Vue Creator Management, a Toledo‑based agency founded in 2025 by Cailyn Medley, offers a hybrid service that combines affiliate strategy consulting with full‑time execution. The firm helps creators optimize revenue on platforms such as ShopMy, LTK and Amazon, handling link...
How AI Spending Is Impacting the U.S. Economy
AI-driven capital expenditures are currently contributing just over one percentage point to U.S. GDP growth, buoyed by a stock‑market rally that has turned consumption into a bubble‑like surge. Much of this spending is financed through vulnerable credit structures, raising concerns...
The Retention Problem Hiding in Plain Sight for African Startups
African startups are shifting focus from raw user acquisition to retention, especially among women in West Africa. Research of 500 women across eight countries shows rising digital adoption driven by income‑seeking activities, yet sustained engagement remains fragile. High data costs,...
L2 Brands Earns Fair Labor Accreditation
L2 Brands has been awarded Fair Labor Accreditation by the Fair Labor Association after a multi‑year review of its social‑compliance systems. The accreditation recognizes the company’s efforts to improve worker wellbeing across its supply chain, which includes 18 contract factories...
Singapore Podcast Ads Draw Higher Engagement, Lower Saturation Than Other Digital Media, Report Finds
Acast’s Podcast Pulse Singapore Edition, based on a survey of 250 consumers, shows podcast ads enjoy the lightest ad load and highest engagement compared with video, social and TV formats. Only 20% of listeners need more than five exposures before...
The Hidden Cost of Inaccurate Time Tracking and How to Fix It for Growing Teams
Inaccurate time tracking is costing U.S. professional‑services firms billions, with an average loss of $63,807 per employee each year. Missed or misrecorded minutes translate into under‑billing, payroll errors, project overruns, and compliance risks that erode margins and credibility. AI‑powered platforms...
Atlancis and EverseTech Launch Sovereign AI Cloud in Kenya
Atlancis Technologies and EverseTech have launched Servernah Cloud, Kenya’s first sovereign AI cloud, hosted in iXAfrica’s Nairobi data centre. The platform merges Atlancis’ Servernah infrastructure with EverseTech’s AI‑as‑a‑Service, allowing Kenyan enterprises and government agencies to run AI workloads within national...
Networking Becoming More Important in Uncertain Job Market, But Job Seekers Struggle in a Digital World
A new Express Employment Professionals‑Harris Poll shows 82% of Canadian job seekers and 86% of hiring managers view networking as critical for landing roles, with 45% saying its importance has risen over the past decade. Respondents rely on a mix...
RIA Edge Podcast: Building a $700B RIA with Peter Mallouk
In the March 12 2026 RIA Edge Podcast, Creative Planning CEO Peter Mallouk outlines how he scaled the firm from a boutique operation with 30 clients to a $40 billion AUM powerhouse and set the stage for a $700 billion independent‑advisor market. He credits...
Equity Partnership Still Heavily Dominated by Men, SRA Data Shows
The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s latest data shows women now comprise 55% of UK lawyers but only 35% of equity partners, with parity at salaried partner level (49%). Representation of disabled solicitors has risen to 8%, still well below the 17%...
Ayar Labs and Wiwynn Partner for Development of Co-Packaged Optical AI Infrastructure
Ayar Labs and server maker Wiwynn announced a partnership to build rack‑scale AI infrastructure that uses Ayar’s co‑packaged optics, specifically TeraPHY engines powered by a SuperNova remote light source. The design can connect up to 1,024 AI accelerators and deliver...
SAP Says FPS01 Puts S/4HANA One Step Short of Autonomy
SAP introduced the first major features update, FPS01, for its hosted private S/4HANA instances. The update adds AI‑driven agents that analyze tasks across systems and suggest concrete actions, stopping short of autonomous execution. SAP positions this as the penultimate step...
Middle East War Fallout: Sub-5% Philippine Growth May Persist This Year
Philippine planners warn that the Middle East conflict‑driven oil price surge could keep growth under 5% this year. DEPDev modeled two price scenarios—$100/barrel in March rising above $80 through May, and $140/barrel staying above $80 until September—each shaving 0.2‑0.3 percentage...
Novo Holdings’ Assets Fell 34% in 2025 As Its Namesake Drugmaker Struggled
Novo Holdings' assets under management plunged 34% in 2025, falling to €93 billion as its controlling stake in Novo Nordisk lost market value. Despite the valuation hit, the holdings generated €2.8 billion in income and delivered 8‑9% five‑ and ten‑year returns, outpacing...
Report: Hotel Labor Costs Rising Faster than Productivity Gains
HotelData’s 2025 Labor Costs & Trends report shows U.S. hotel wages rising sharply, with wage cost per occupied room (CPOR) climbing 12.8% year‑over‑year to $48.32. The acceleration intensified in Q4, where wage CPOR jumped 21.1% YoY, while hours per occupied...
How Archer Roose Is Flipping the Wine Industry on Its Head with CMO Conley Downing
Archer Roose Wines, led by CMO Conley Downing, is reshaping the wine category with canned formats and a humor‑first brand voice aimed at Gen Z. The company posted 41% year‑over‑year revenue growth by expanding occasions such as concerts, flights, and cruises,...
Fraud Battle Calls for Cross-Sector Effort
Financial institutions are urging federal rule changes and cross‑sector data sharing to combat AI‑enabled fraud. Panelists highlighted the need for banks, telecoms and social‑media platforms to exchange real‑time signals, creating a unified view of fraud networks. Current safe‑harbor protections under...
Turkish Central Bank Holds Rates and Shifts Away From Easing Bias
The Central Bank of Turkey kept its one‑week repo rate at 37% and left the interest‑rate corridor unchanged at 35.5%‑40%, signaling a pause amid heightened global risk and rising energy prices. In its statement the bank shifted away from an...
Number Crunch: Vive Le Private Equity
France’s private equity market continues to hold its ground in Europe despite a broader fundraising slowdown. Recent data shows French funds maintaining stable capital commitments while peers in the UK and Germany face declines. The resilience is attributed to a...
PR Firm News: Caster Communications Gets New Owners
Caster Communications was acquired by longtime agency leaders Alexandra Crabb and Peter Girard, with founder Kimberly Lancaster staying on until August 2026 to ensure a smooth handover. DiGennaro Communications launched The Authority Studio, a standalone content‑strategy and production unit led...
UK Raises $8.4 Billion in First Green Bond Offering to Include Nuclear Energy as Eligible Use of Proceeds
The UK Debt Management Office completed a £6.25 billion (US$8.4 billion) Green Gilt offering maturing in 2037, the first new green gilt since 2021. The issuance brings total green gilt proceeds to £55.8 billion since the program’s launch and introduces a dedicated green...
Doeren Mayhew Adds Berman Hopkins
Doeren Mayhew announced the acquisition of Berman Hopkins CPAs & Associates, adding nearly 100 employees and nine principals to its roster. The deal expands the Michigan‑based firm’s presence in central Florida, bolstering its service platform across construction, healthcare, manufacturing and...
Building a Martech Stack: Eliminating the Complexity Tax for Decision Velocity
Marketers are drowning in data yet lack actionable insights, prompting a call for smarter martech architectures. The piece argues that an AI‑enabled stack built around social intelligence can eliminate the “complexity tax” that slows decision making. It references research showing...
Executive Interview: Alan Mond, President and CEO of East Coast Microwave
Alan Mond, President and CEO of East Coast Microwave (ECM), reflects on a decade of leadership, detailing the company’s evolution from a home‑grown distributor to a Powell Electronics division serving over 30 countries. ECM has expanded its line‑card with major...
Narcity Media Launches Self-Serve Instagram Story Distribution Tool for Brands
Narcity Media introduced Boost, a self‑serve tool on its Locals.tv platform that lets brands pay local creators to share Instagram Stories. The service taps a network of over 2,000 creators across Canadian cities, allowing campaigns to be launched in minutes...
General Atlantic Enters Secondaries Market in Partnership with Clipway
General Atlantic announced a strategic entry into the secondaries market through a partnership with Clipway. The joint venture aims to raise a $1 billion fund dedicated to growth‑equity and late‑stage venture capital secondary transactions. By leveraging Clipway’s technology platform, the partnership...
Why CFOs Are Rethinking How Businesses Control Vendor and Subscription Spending in 2026: Expert Commentary
CFOs are shifting vendor and subscription spend management from a reactive back‑office task to a strategic priority in 2026. Rising inflation, post‑pandemic budget tightening, and an explosion of recurring SaaS contracts have exposed the limitations of manual expense processes. Finance...
Infrastructure Investment Is the Key to China’s Growth
China's government set a 2026 growth target of 4.5‑5% after meeting its 2025 goal of 5%. 2025 GDP reached CN¥140.19 trillion ($20.4 trillion), with consumption contributing 52%, investment 15.3%, and exports 32.7% of growth. The economy faces geopolitical tensions and a US‑led...
The Employee Ownership Operating System
The article outlines how employee ownership reshapes the operating system of wealth‑management firms, emphasizing sustainable, organic growth over aggressive AUM targets. It details the need to balance profit distribution between current owners, future stakeholders, and reinvestment for long‑term health. Talent...
EU Financial Markets Enter 2026 Amid High-Risk Environment
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) released its first risk‑monitoring report for 2026, warning that market and systemic stress remain high despite solid performance in late 2025. Geopolitical tensions, stretched equity valuations, rising price correlations and sophisticated cyber‑hybrid threats...
ESMA Sets Out Actions to Simplify the Retail Investor Journey and Make Investing More Accessible
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) released its takeaways from the 2025 Call for Evidence on the retail investor journey, outlining concrete actions to make investing easier for EU consumers. It will focus on streamlining disclosure requirements, simplifying suitability...
Bryan Construction Names New CFO
Bryan Construction announced that Kristi Rader will serve as its new chief financial officer, bringing more than 25 years of financial leadership after joining the firm in September 2023. Rader, formerly controller at Norwood Development Group, will oversee finance, accounting,...